>> we have to deal with systemic racism. one of the things that i'm going to recommend is that we look at an entire panoply of things that affect whether or not people of color primarily are treated differently. >> laura: panoply, impressive word usage. that's all the time we have tonight. shannon bream and the "fox news @ night" take it from here. shannon, take it away. >> shannon: we've got more interesting quotes from the town hall. fact-checkers are on it. laura, thank you. breaking tonight, promising news. covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are dropping dramatically across the u.s. according to bloomberg, suggesting that measures to interrupt transmission are working at least for now. will this complicate the huge covid relief effort being pushed by president biden tonight? how about the 12% of the population has gotten at least one vaccine dose, new cases are

starting to level off. some say that the viruses running a seasonal course but whatever the case, building out the progress states like north dakota, iowa and ventana are dropping their mass mandates. rather than applauding the progress, the biden administration is sounding the alarm arguing t the pandemic is far from over pointing to new variants like the south african one that just popped up for the first time tonight in massachusetts. >> we are nowhere out of the woods. as you know, to relax the mitigation strategies with increasingly transmissible variants, we could be in a much more difficult spot. what i would say is now is the time to not let up our guard. now is the time to double down. >> shannon: the president might warning we might not be able to return to normal until maybe christmas. progressives are pushing hard for nearly a $2 trillion package that covid relief bill, one nonpartisan group says more than a trillion dollars from prior stimulus packages still hasn't

been spent. the newest proposal was filled with progressive priorities including a $15 federal minimum wage hike. the president is dismissing a congressional budget office report spelling out the economic destruction they think could come from that plan. >> the congressional budget office says that a $15 minimum wage would live 900,000 people out of poverty but would also cause 1.4 million people their jobs. >> there's also if you read the whole thing about pinocchios and all the rest, they are equal numbers that say that wouldn't have that effect. >> shannon: two democratic senators expressing opposition to including those progressive wish list items in the covid bill. like the minimum wage hike. they say it supposed to be targeted covid relief bill. west virginia's joe manchin and arizona's kyrsten sinema in. joe manchin reportedly privately informing president joe biden he will not join any democratic efforts to force through provisions in his economic rescue package if they are ruled

in violation of strict senate budget restrictions. there is much more to this development. if manchin doesn't hold his ground on the so-called byrd rule it could lead to a changing moment for the senate. marc thiessen says democrats would be able to pass anything, increased minimum wage, d.c. statehood, court packing, green new deal, singer pal health care by a simple majority. welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. why does correspond to kevin corke access op with more from day 28 of the biden administration. good evening, kevin. >> quite a night tonight. having a chance to hear the town hall and get the president to sort of unpack his ideas at least in the last scripted format. explanations, excuses, exultation's and exasperation's all describing tonight town hall depending on your political perspective. mr. biden did offer well rehearsed answers and very few surprises to most of the questions but that is not to say that there wasn't the occasional cleanup on aisle 5. take for example his response to

this question about reopening schools. >> the goal to open the majority of schools in your first 100 days. you are saying that that means those schools may only be open for at least one day a week. >> no, that's not true. that's what was reported. that's not true. it was a mistake in the communication. what i'm talking about is i said opening the majority of schools in k-8 grade. they are the easiest open. >> did you hear that? he said it was a mistake in communication. that comment appears to be a reference to his press secretary, jen psaki, who said this about reopening schools. >> his goal that he set is to have the majority of schools, more than 50% open by day 100 of his presidency. that means some teaching in classrooms. at least one day a week, hopefully it's more. >> at least one day a week. that's what got a lot of people

talking. mr. biden also said this about teachers getting covid vaccines. earlier than perhaps other people in order to quickly reopen schools. >> i think that we should be vaccinating teachers. we should move them up in the hierarchy. >> move them up for the hierarchy. however, critics were quick to point out biden's penchant for telling what they described as tall tales. for example, in reference to the covid vaccines, biden said, which we didn't have a when i came into office. fact-check, that's of course clearly falls. he received two vaccine shots himself while president trump was still in the white house. by the way, he did promise covid vaccines will be available for all americans by the end of july. we are talking about 600 million doses give or take by then. and his comment late in the evening that "minorities don't know how to use or don't know how to get online" and respond to a question about racial disparities in covid vaccines will likely get a bit of

attention tomorrow as well. interesting night to be sure. >> shannon: we are going to break all those statements down. kevin, thank you for setting the table. severe winter weather continues its grip on most of texas. skyrocketing energy demand has put stress on the grid to trigger rolling blackouts. cold, dark areas seen in stark contrast to the bright city skylines in houston. also in houston, power outages are sending freezing residents looking for refuge. many opting for a fast food restaurants. that's resulting in huge lines of cars. makeshift locations across the state are serving as emergency shelters, warming centers where folks are suffering from frigid temperatures inside their own homes could find some help tonight. as another coal-fired power plant gets sent to close, the current outbreak of severe winter weather in texas means rolling blackouts. mark meredith is taking a look

at the situation for us tonight. >> good evening. some 4 million texans are believed to be without power tonight, even more probably want to know whether state can't keep the lights on and the answer is not cut and dry. the situation is forcing texas lawmakers to review their power plants from top to bottom. >> this is not good. >> texas governor greg abbott ordering investigation into the power failures plaguing his state, writing "the electric liability council of texas has been anything but reliable over the last 48 hours." power production has stopped or slowed at many natural gas, coal, solar and wind energy production sites. power officials say outages are partially to blame due to frozen wind turbines and limited natural gas supply. former governor and energy secretary rick perry says the storm should serve as a wake-up call for his state. >> the most important thing to have as a base load that you can count on. that's going to be natural gas.

that's going to be cold. that's going to be nuclear. >> over the years texas has diversified its energy production, investing more heavily in solar and wind. environment to groups like the sierra club have also celebrated this texas has shut down some coal-fired plants. now some including "the wall street journal" argue texas has gambled too much on renewable energy. the paper writes "power shortages show the folly of eliminating natural gas and coal. democrats insist there's no one single energy sector to blame for the blackouts and then a more thorough investigation is needed. >> i have no doubt people will try to spin this for their own political purposes. we have to get the facts. being a thorough investigation into the root cause of these failures. >> during the winter months, text relies way more on natural gas for energy than wind. still, news of the frozen wind turbines is certainly generating a lot of headlines and a lot of conversation. it's likely we will not know

exactly what went wrong until an investigation wraps up and of course the power comes back on. >> shannon: folks needed to. mark, thank you. a massachusetts climate official out of a job tonight after resigning over a very frank statement he made about the state needing to break the will of constituents when it comes to heating their homes. chief breaking news correspondent trace gallagher is on the case. good evening, trace. >> good evening and who knew that a major theme of the massachusetts climate find was that eliminate the bad guys isn't enough, so it's time to go after the good guys. that was the opinion of states climates are david ismay who was on a videoconference call with climate officials in vermont when he said the lion's share om passenger cars and residential heating. >> 60% of car emissions and need to be reduced come from you, senior on fixed income, there is

no bad guy in massachusetts. pointing the finger at, turn the screws on. break their will so they stop emitting. that's you. we have to break your will. >> he went on to point out he couldn't say that publicly. of course he just did and when massachusetts republican governor charlie baker got wind of it, he criticized the comments and went on to say that's why he didn't sign the state climate bill because he was concerned about who was going to pay for exactly what's in it. several state republican lawmakers and one democrat then sent a letter to the governor calling for david ismay to be fired quoting "let us be perfectly clear, these comments are callous, insensitive, and point to a major insurmountable disconnect between disappointed member of your administration and the very public he is supposed to be serving." it's unclear if governor baker considered firing david ismay but he didn't have to because ismay resigned, writing to the state secretary of energy "my

inability to clearly communicate during that discussion reflected poorly on the governor, on you, and on our hardworking staff." he went on to say he never intended to target hardworking families. >> shannon: trace gallagher with the scoop. thank you. the subject of the hyde amendment which prohibits taxpayer dollars at the federal level from being used to fund abortions except in rare cases came up at the daily briefing at the white house today. press secretary jen psaki not exactly answering the question regarding what president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief package will and will not pay for. with your dollars. >> can you guarantee americans who don't want their tax dollars, pro-life americans who don't want their tax dollars funding abortions. can the administration guarantee -- >> as i have noted, three quarters of the public supports the components of the package, wants to see the pandemic get under control, wants to see people put back to work,

vaccines and arms. i think it answers your question. >> shannon: house democrats have proposed a $50 million funding increase to the title x family planning program. the trump administration headband that funding from going to clinics that perform abortion. the biden administration is working to revoke the trumpcare of ban. breaking tonight: president biden taking questions from residents in milwaukee. let's break it down. "new york post" editor sohrab ahmari and turning point usa executive director charlie kirk. great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> shannon: charlie, what do you make of the president's statement that they didn't have the vaccine when he took office. >> it's completely and pathologically untrue. a white house official, the former trump administration, they said they were doing

1.1 million vaccines a day, leading into joe biden being sworn into office. he was president donald trump it was mocked, ridiculed and made fun of by everything a person in mainstream media when he said we would have vaccine by october, november. he was right in the announcement came right after the election, if you might remember. operation warp speed which was again considered to be a near impossibility delivered a vaccine that have a schedule. president trump promised it by christmas. it was delivered before then. joe biden is trying to rewrite history it's an incredibly irresponsible. joe biden says he wants to unify the country. we know that was nothing more than baseless words. if you want to unify the country, he would say the guy that i took office after and the person that i ran whole campaign against, plenty of complaints but i want to say thank you to the hard work for every one of the administration prior to get the vaccine down. instead he makes this outrageous claim. it's insulting to people that worked those nights in the white house, that worked in the private sector to get the

vaccine done. he's trying to take credit for something he had nothing to do with that i it's reprehensible. >> shannon: let's talk about the economic package, trying to push to trillion dollars. democratic senators have said if it's not related to covid relief we are not voting for this other pork. here's what the president said tonight about the economic impact of what will happen if they pass his package. >> if we pass this bill alone, we will create 7 million jobs this year. look at what the impact on the economy might be. you think it's bad now. the vast majority of the serious people say bigger is better. not spending less. >> shannon: rob, figure is better when it comes to -- bigger is better when it comes to spending tax dollars. >> i think the bottom line is that the american worker and the

american family needs relief right now. as a lot of people who are hurting. as a conservative, i think it's a big mistake to set ourselves against any kind of relief whatsoever. something has to come out of washington. i think it will be used as a political matter. if republicans are seen as instructors at a time when many families are out of work and are hurting. i do think, you mention the hyde amendment and other things. there are discrete issues were republican should speak up. but on the hole, i think it's a mistake to -- for republicans to restore their old role of just being kind of budget hawks at a time when they're getting paid and millions of americans aren't. >> shannon: on the other side of the aisle, there was quite a statement from former president from today talking about his feelings on senate -- now minority leader mitch mcconnell saying that republicans can't won with him,

he's not going to get it done and he's not america first. it was rather blistering statement. he comes at the same time the political playbook talks about the political morning consult poll that says it's conducted in the days following the trial showing that despite the impeachment manager's gripping presentation, the g.o.p. remains the undisputed party of trump. charlie, a lot of polls show people right now in the g.o.p., he is still the number one choice. 2024 is a long way away and they didn't succeed in banning him from running again, at least not yet. >> that's right. a lot of people are asking when is the republican civil war going to start? it's already underway. i wanted to begin quickly and i wanted to end quickly. it needs to happen. political primaries after was in the white house are nasty, brutish and short to go to great philosopher who said something to miller many years ago. when he was looking at a civil war. we need to make sure that the best ideas win. if the beltway class run by liz cheney and senate republican

leaders think they can win, so be it. present your ideas. president trump has proved his ideas of restricting immigration fair trade deals are very, very popular. political primaries like cough syrup. no one likes taking it but it's actually really good for you and i want the republican party to be unified next year. this year we do some soul-searching. our going to be a chamber of commerce party or people centered party, the party that president trump left behind and still wants to continue to lead. >> shannon: 2022 will give us all a better view on where the party's coalescing and how they move forward. sohrab ahmari and charlie, thank you both. new orleans losing tourism this year's mardi gras festivities are canceled because of the pandemic. new orleans residents improvised in a big way, decking out their houses and yards like the traditional parade floats in a celebration they are calling yardi gras.

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was no water. >> texas remains in a deep freeze tonight as ice, record cold and extraordinary demand force utilities to implement rolling blackouts. leaving folks to retreat to their cars to get warm and charge their phones. let's talk about why the lone star state finds itself in this position with the author alex epstein. good to have you with us. i want to read something from the ap. the headlines has a complete bungle. texas energy pride goes out with the cold. "someone turbine generators were ice but twice as much power was wiped out at gas and coal plants. forcing outages was a way to divert." what's the situation? >> i think everyone should be outraged and they really need to think, this is 2021. we know how to have reliable electricity and in cold

conditions and snowstorms. people do it with much worse conditions than texas. we have to ask, what's happening? why is this happening in texas and in my home state of california. why do we have trouble with reliability. why are people having shortages? the reason is policy has shifted toward value and reliability to not valuing reliability because it's been trying to foist us with a lot of solar and wind. that's the bottom line in texas and everywhere. it's not that the wind turbines frozen that's the problem. the problem is that reliability has been punished and unreliability has been rewarded for decades and now it's all coming home to roost. >> shannon: well, you know, a list of folks out there who talk about the planning for this and of course this isn't the kind of weather that texas usually sees but there are millions of people across the country who are under this terrible crippling weather right now. dan crenshaw, the congressman from texas has "it raises the obvious question. can we ever rely on renewables

to power the grid during extreme weather? no. you need gas or nuclear and subsidizing investment in wind has pushed gas and nuclear out." now we live with the consequences. is that an accurate assessment of what happened in texas? >> yeah, that's a very big, very accurate and it's very important that if you look at solar and wind, they were completely out to lunch during most of this. the problem isn't that wind turbines were frozen. even when they were working they were virtually useless because the sun and the wind are not reliable sources of energy. in terms of the plants feeling like: gas and nuclear, we know that this is not inherent in those plans. those plans work really well all of the world. the problem is texas is not focusing enough on good grid operation, not enough focus on resiliency. why's that? they are so focused on promoting these unreliable solar panels and wind turbines. it costs a lot of money and it distracts from mittens and resilience. the same thing happened in california. so focused on solar and wind that we don't focus on power lines -- maintain our parlays.

the focus on unreliable energy comes at a huge cost. >> shannon: i want to play something from robin. she is in smithville, not too far from austin. she said about the situation for they are trying to keep things together for their household, their animals. here's her assessment. >> like millions of texans, we have been dealing with rolling power outages. we have had to deal with trying to shut our house down to keep the heat in. fail to do it. everything is freezing and dishes, if we have water for the dogs, the animals. all of the running water we had is frozen in our pipes. >> shannon: you talk about texas having an obsession with wind and solar but they are one of the largest producers of energy resources that they have. why would texas be so interested in other alternate sources one for them is a huge industry. fossil fuels.

>> it's producing the fuels but even in texas they discriminate against natural gas. wind and solar get humans preferences against natural gas and coal and nuclear. this is unfortunately a global trend. texas, it's a good teaching moment. texas is an isolated grade. making mistakes. because it's more isolated we are seeing the consequences of those mistakes more accurately. i want to make the point of this woman because it is so sad to see. 2021 and this is happening and yet we know how to prevent this entirely. we just need reliable power plants focused on secure fuel supplies, focus on resiliency. if you do that, use coal and nuclear and gas. if you are concerned, use nuclear. the wind and solar movement is antinuclear. it's not about co2. it's about forcing unreliable sources of energy on us for ideological reasons or short-term self-interest. >> shannon: alex epstein making the case for fossil

fuels. folks on the green side will argue it's an anomaly and not a way to. alex, thanks for being with us. the national museum of african-american history under fire for how it's portraying supreme court justice clarence thomas. "american idol" blasted for spotlighting kellyanne conway's teenage daughter. the lightning round is next. ugh, there's that cute guy from 12c. -go talk to him. -yeah, no. plus it's not even like he'd be into me or whatever. ♪♪

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>> at dr. anthony fauci is trying to clear up is why vice president kamala harris recently said this. >> in many ways, we are starting from scratch. >> when he seemingly debunked that claim just last month. >> we certainly not starting from scratch. what i think the vice president is referring to is that the actual plan of getting the vaccine doses into people's arms was really rather vague. >> the cdc issued new guidelines to reopen schools but florida's governor ron desantis who reopened schools back in october called them a disgrace. >> is required if you actually followed it, closing 90% of schools in the united states. we have been open, they will remain open. we are not turning back. >> in los angeles county, parents railing to reopen schools as health officials announced elementary schools can fully reopen for the first time

since march but don't expect to see all kids back in class anytime soon. with teachers union and districts still negotiating how to do it safely. shannon, san francisco city attorney now suing the board of education there for failing to put together a reopening plan. according to "the san francisco chronicle," a vote was delayed so that the board could focus on renaming schools with names they found offensive. >> shannon: that's a fact. aishah hasnie. thank you. republican leaders choosing the national museum of african-american history and culture biased over its exhibit on clarence thomas. let's start tonight's lightning round with this point graduate, army veteran and el law student jeremy hunt. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> shannon: congressman byron

donalds, a republican and african-american, new freshman congressman from florida joined by other african-american conservative leaders and said "as a black man who has a profound respect for the contributions of justice thomas has perpetuated for generations to come this museum must encapsulate his life as it does for hundreds of other monitor black figures. we covered when the museum open that there was very little mention of justice thomas. they have sense added an exhibit. some folk still say not enough. >> yeah. they added a half-hearted tribute to him. here's the thing. it's not enough and honestly i just wish the museum would stop playing these political games with history. there should not be an ideological test for those who've earned their place in history. justice thomas, our nation second african-american supreme court justice has earned his place. i've been fortunate enough to spend some time with him. he's an honorable man. he's a man who served his

country. one thing that i really wish everyone would think about is if you really -- what we stand to lose when we change history. then you miss the inspiration you can hear. hearing different stories. for me i've been following in justice thomas' footsteps going to yale law school. his story meant so much to me and i would hate to see other kids robbed of it. it's also important to remember it's not about the museum. you'd be hard-pressed to find other black conservatives featured prominently in any of our nation's black month festivities. tim scott, condoleezza rice, you won't find them in many places. the reason why is because they happen to be conservative. i think it's really wrongheaded and i wish that the museum would make the right choice. >> they say all of our exhibits are based on rigorous research. they are open to interpretation. they will consider the complexities.

i know that you are good with pop culture stuff. we are going to try to get to the bachelor if we can. there is a conversation about whether or not claudia conway, kellyanne conway and george conway's daughter should've been featured on "american idol." "they are stringing along a kind of okay teen to they can milk her family saga." here's a little bit of her interaction with katy perry on the show. >> are you okay with your mom being the figure that she is? do you still -- does she still hug you? >> yeah, she loves me. i love her. >> shannon: one do you make of this? >> i hate to see "american idol" and abc basically capitalize on a lot of the family drama and the things we've seen, some stories about the conways. it's horrible. she's only 16 years old. they shouldn't be marketing off the drama surrounding the family. i hate to see this.

i wish they would do better but that's tv for you. >> shannon: yeah, i mean, she eats it up on social media and she knows how to get the headlines but she is just 16 and we all have to member that. you're going to have to come back to talk about "the bachelor." we're out of time. jeremy, please come back soon. >> absolutely. take care. >> shannon: thanks, jeremy. secretary of state blinken says america's ability to promote democracy and human rights is "tarnished." mike pompeo was here next to respond and much more

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prison tonight. four-week sin, the biden administration is working on articulating its china policy. amid talk of the medic overtures at re-engaging with iran and rejoining the nuclear deal. the new secretary of state is telling the biden administration of diplomatic progress thus far. >> people are seen by her actions not just what we're saying but but what we are doing. as a resident likes to say, america's back and reengaged. america's leading. i found it incredibly receptive receptive audience. >> shannon: secretary blinken's predecessor, former secretary of state, mike pompeo. good to have you. >> good to be with you. >> shannon: let me start by having you respond. the implication is that america wasn't engaged. america wasn't leading in the international community. your response. >> i obviously wish secretary blinken and president biden well

but we were incredibly engaged and productive. on a couple of issues. we changed 50 years of failed foreign policy with respect to the chinese communist party. proud of the work we did. it will make america more prosperous and more secure. it will prevent the chinese communist party from having free rein to continue with efforts to be a global hegemon. the rink that we did in the middle east, the abraham accords, getting multiple countries to agree to recognize israel or the work we did to put the iranian regime under pressure. those were good things for the american people. it crated wealth and jobs and kept us more safe. >> shannon: what do you make of the attack that landed on the u.s. forces. there is a lot of speculation that iran is behind them. if they are, what's the proper response from the biden administration? >> we saw this time and time again we were in charge.

the iranians. when they came after an american, we made it clear whether they attacked an american through a proxy force in iraq, whether they attacked an american through hezbollah in syria. wherever it was, or going to hold the iranians accountable. that's the kind of strength that built the deterrence model that we had with respect to iran. i hope this current administration will give up on that. we know that under president obama, they coddled the iranian regime. sign up for a deal that presents the pathway to a nuclear weapon. the iranians will sense that that's the deal that they can strike, they will continue to inflict costs on the american people. we can't go back. one president biden talks about going back, the american people can't afford to go back to those policies. >> shannon: something other secretary inc. and said with respect to the iran deal, he says that lifted the restraints on them they got them this much closer to a nuclear weapon.

he says in iran is closer today to having the ability to produce the material for weapons then when the deal was enacted. puts the blame on the trump administration essentially. >> secretary blinken is right about the amount of material but it highlights the failure of the deal that they struck. it was a crappy deal and it's created a pathway for a nuclear weapon and allowed the regime to have $150 billion worth of cash. remember the pallets of cash. the iranians knew that they had the capacity to push president obama around to get a deal that gave them the pathway to a nuclear weapon. our administration didn't permit it to happen. we put real costs on them and put the regime under enormous pressure and we reduce the risk for the american people that iran would want to have a nuclear weapon whether it was the strength of the president took against chemical weapons in syria making clear that when we drew a redline relented, whether it was the strike we took to destroy qassem soleimani.

i think the iranians came to understand we were serious about protecting america. i'm counting on this the next demonstration to do the same thing. >> shannon: you mention china. let's do a little bit of a flashback. president biden during the primary and what he is saying that with respect to china. >> china is going to eat our lunch. come on, man. we don't get moving, they're going to eat our lunch. >> shannon: that is a 180-degree turn. to what do you attribute his change in position on the threat that china is to america? >> i can't account for that kind of switch. i can only tell you that absent an incredible amount of pressure and hard work by american foreign policy leaders, the chinese communist party will absolutely work to undermine america. to undermine our democracy. they will work to steal jobs from the united states. they will work to obfuscate the

fact that they were the primary progenitors of the fact that this virus has now killed hundreds of thousands of people all across the world and destroyed millions of jobs and billions of dollars worth of wealth. if the american people are not protected, if the united states doesn't do all the things we did to put the chinese communist party on the dash to convince them america was serious about protecting its own people, xi jinping will continue to run over america. we didn't let that happen. we reversed 50 years of engagement policy which had failed to protect america and american jobs. no administers not to go back to where we were four years ago. >> shannon: we are almost out of time. i want to ask do you think we will ever get a clear answer to the origins of the coronavirus? >> shannon, i'm afraid we may not. the china's communist party was so effective at that propaganda campaign in the cover-up. this investigation was a fraud and there wasn't a real investigation permitted.

unfortunately i think until such time as there is a brave defector from the chinese laboratory or the chinese cdc equivalent, until someone decides to tell the true story, i doubt we ever get the full and complete answer. i don't think xi jinping wants you to know. >> shannon: former secretary of state mike pompeo, great to have you with us tonight, sir. >> thank you, shannon. great to be with you. >> shannon: family members of the new president and vice president creating potential ethics issues for the white house is next. racle-earmi a nearly invisible hearing aid from the brand leader in hearing aids. new miracle-earmini. so small and comfortable that no one will see them, but you'll notice the difference. call today to start your 30-day risk-free trial. start the year with better hearing and big savings. call miracle-ear today.

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>> shannon: the new administration is dealing with conflict of interest questions concerning the promotions of products and services marketed by family members of the president and vice president. peter doocy explains. >> nina harris. >> come harris is my auntie. >> it's okay to say that, not okada sell it. they've explained that the products that she was selling like a shirt that says vice president auntie or a shirt that says "i'm speaking" are not appropriate. saying that the vice president and her family will uphold the highest ethical standards. with the vice president's name shouldn't be used in connection with commercial activities.

the president has long claimed ethical problems were president trumps. >> we want to talk about families and ethics, i don't want to do that. his family, we could talk about all night. >> the biden family has been on the radar of republican lawmakers including brother frank who talks about his connection to the president in an ad for a firm where he works as a nonattorney senior advisor. >> what does the senior nonattorney advisor do in a law firm? he makes connections, he peddles influence. speak with the president has pledged no ethical problems ahead involving his siblings or son hunter. >> my son, my family will not be involved in any business, any enterprise that is in conflict with or appears to be in conflict with, appropriate distance from the presidency and government. >> but hunter still holds chinese investments. >> he's been working to unwind

his investments. >> late-breaking reporting. i just spoke to a white house official who explains that even though the details of this process have not yet made public, there is now a process in place for members of the white house counsel's office and representatives for the biden family to address potential questions of conflict as they arise. shannon. >> shannon: peter doocy, thank you very much. finally, in louisiana, to sanitation workers being hailed as heroes for their quick thinking that saved a 10-year-old girl from her kidnapper. they were driving their pickup route when they noticed a car that they thought was from an amber alert. it was in a field. here's what they did. they use their truck to block the car and then they called 911. the police came and handled the situation and the girl was reunited with her family.

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